For us, the city is also a public space where we live a public part of our lives. We also publicly discuss it – its appearance, development, and our role in it.

A public decision-making process means deciding about public consequences, therefore, we offer a toolbox enabling citizens to get engaged. We have personally experienced the examples mentioned here.

What Bratislava needs:

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Using extensive publicity of the idea of herbaceous plantings in urban areas, Bee line is trying to stress the important role of pollination and beekeeping landscape for our society. Bees, bumble bees, butterflies and some beetle species are responsible for pollination of over 80 % of normal, human-used plants. The problem is with the current situation in the cities. There are many green areas,…

The main idea of this proposal is a visual-solitaire-design installation to recover the public space of the Main Square, especially in the period from spring to autumn. Of particular interest in this period is the conjunction with other events which are usually held in summer, spring or autumn (DAAD, Cultural Summer / concerts / performances, Days of arts and crafts etc.) It is…

What is BAZEN

Berlin has it, Copenhagen too, and also Vienna does. It is a huge success. Why not Bratislava? It is not so complicated. I know that there have already been similar ideas and proposals. I do not intend to claim mine is the first one. My objective is to promote this project and public discussion about it and find out how…

Let us bring back water into the fountain at the Namestie Sslobody (Freedom Square)square. This square, also called “Gotko”, is known to us as a generously spacious square with a beautiful stainless steel fountain, as we have known it. There would be nothing to add, but for the last 35 years of ignorance of neglect of the area by the municipal authorities. Unfortunately,…

After the end of Dynamitka, a neglected area full of social and environmental burden in the suburbs. Right in the middle of marasmus , there is a forgotten farmstead Jurajov Dvor with residence, small shed, bunker and a deer, which gives hope for change. It takes only 6 steps:

1. Change this place. Ask citizens and the owner of the site (city), clean the…

A large amount of various types of waste is brought to the city waste collection site by the inhabitants. Often, there are things which could be recycled and reused, such as furniture, glass, textiles, toys, etc.; some of them intact, or even in the original packaging. Many of these things could be recovered and used again in other households, if they were treated…

Problem

Bratislava / Pressburg / Pozsony has always been a multicultural city. Despite that immigrants today face a lack of information on the city’s functioning, what their duties are, and to find their way to public services such as hospitals, police departments and public admi-nistration.

Solution 1

www.bratislava.sk for newcomers

We propose to the municipality of Bratislava to create a simple subpage on the main website, that…

The concept is of a new 21^st century park area so that the essential park function of urban greenery will be supplemented by a relax-and-stay public green area, usable throughout the year with cultural and social functions enabled through new technologies. These would be integrated into the park design on the one hand, by oval “footprints”, and on the other hand, by the…

Bratislava is a town with an incredible history, monuments and historical sights. Even today, we find that we have or had valuable historical material construction documents of specific eras in our town … Here is included the Stations of the Cross and Calvary – a sacral complex from 1694, which existed until the 50´s of the 20^th century when it was for political reasons systematically liquidated…